Dormancy in seeds of Phellodendron wilsonii is Mediated in Part by Abscisic Acid |
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Authors: | Lin, Tsan-Piao Chen, Mei-Hui Lin, Chin-Ho |
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Affiliation: | 1Tree Seed Laboratory, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute 53 Nan-Hai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 2Department of Botany, National Chung-Hsing University Taichung, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | A regime of temperatures alternating between 35°C (8 h)and 10°C (16 h) proved to be a specific method for breakingdormancy of seeds of Phellodendron wilsonii. The relationshipbetween the germination capacity after about 13 days of incubationunder this regime and the logarithm of the amount of ABA inthe seed before incubation yielded a high correlation coefficient.The final germination capacity under this regime was poorlycorrelated with the amount of ABA in seeds before incubation.These observations suggest that at least part of the germinationbehavior is controlled by the amount of abscisic acid in theseed. Stratification decreased the amount of ABA but resultedin only 825% germination relative to other dry storedseeds failed to germinate under suboptimal conditions, namely,incubation at 22°C with 12 h light. This phenomenon indicatesthat some unknown mechanism is the major factor that controlsthe dormant state, and the effect of this mechanism are overcomeonly by the specific alternating-temperature regime. Fluctuationsin temperature failed, however, to reduce the ABA content ofseeds during the incubation period. We conclude that some unknownfactor contributes to the dormancy of seeds of P. wilsonii althoughthe level of ABA definitely plays a minor role in the maintenanceof seed dormancy. (Received January 25, 1993; Accepted November 25, 1993) |
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